American Police Reform

The bills cover a range of topics room fir making police disciplinary records more accessible to prohibiting the use of certain military-grade weapons

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Nikita Brown believes she was targeted for her race when she was involved in a physical altercation with a Chicago police officer while walking her dog. She was leaving a closed beach when she was attacked by a Chicago Police Officer. Others were on the beach and did not get the same lack of respect.

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Jenn Budd is a former senior U.S. Border Patrol agent turned migrant rights activist. She spoke to Dena Takruri about what she calls a racist, sexist and corrupt culture inside the agency.

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Black Men who happen to be black professionals working for a major news outlet describe their terrifying situations with law enforcement. These memories continue to haunt them.

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U.S. border agents have long been criticized for abuses along the Mexican border, but there’s trouble up north too. Officers stationed on the U.S.-Canada border are under fire for racially profiling and harassing people of color. Dena Takruri speaks to the latest people to blow the whistle – officers within Customs and Border Protection

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Finally, a law enforcement officer has been charged with shooting an unarmed black man for whom he had some initial contact prior to this shooting. You could clearly hear the dispatcher ask did he have a gun with and his response was no. He was on the phone with the dispatcher when he was shot by the deputy.

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Who are going to police the police for wrongdoing. They seem to be bias when left to police themselves. Will there ever be equal justice. So far no.

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Do white officers fear black men. Is that is why they get killed twice the rate of whites. Is there an all out war against blacks in America. One killing after another in the streets of America. When will it stop and those responsible be held accountable. Is the George Floyd killing the first of many more to come is the question.

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There are cases where police have used excessive force and were terminated or resigned. This not sufficient enough they need to be charged as well. The average citizen would be charged with assault if they did the same to law enforcement. Why allow them to resign and get another job in the same state if they meet all state requirements for law officers.

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There is bias in policing towards people of color. They are talked to, treated differently regardless of the offense. Blacks and other people of color are more likely to be stopped, arrested, jailed and convicted than whites in American. How can 13% of the black population account for 46% of those incarcerated. Interesting but true and it does not seem like it is changing no time soon.

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